Battlecruisers are larger, slower and have more slots than cruisers, but they're smaller than battleships and fit the same medium-sized weapons that cruisers use. They occupy a position between cruisers and battleships analogous to destroyers' position between frigates and cruisers, although battlecruisers are much more versatile and widely-used than destroyers.

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T1 Battlecruisers

Combat Battlecruisers

In PvP combat battlecruisers represent a good balance between DPS, tanking, agility, speed and cost (they cost much less to lose than a battleship). Battlecruisers can be fitted for long or short range PvP combat. In large-scale alliance battles in nullsec they are often part of each side's 'support fleet', defending the main battleship fleet from attack.

Hurricane: High DPS and high speed. Can mount an active armor tank, buffer armor or shield tanks, or even a passive shield tank.

Attack Battlecruisers

Each empire has one battlecruiser capable of mounting battleship-sized (i.e. large) weapons (as opposed to the medium-sized weapons normally mounted by battlecruisers). These ships can therefore deal almost as much damage as a battleship, but with a much weaker tank, and are often referred to as "tier 3" battlecruisers (not to be confused with Tech 3 Strategic Cruisers; the "tier" nomenclature is a relic of the way ships were designed before the tiericide).

Oracle: Able to fit Battleship-sized lasers. Most often used as snipers fit for amazing alpha. A bit slower compared to the other Tier 3's.

T2 Battlecruisers

Command Ships

Command ships are battlecruisers with exceptional tank, stronger DPS, and a significant bonus to the effectiveness of Command Burst modules. They can fit 2 Command Burst modules simultaneously, more than any sub-capital ship. Each race's bonus applies to two of the burst types.

Faction Battlecruisers

Empire Faction Battlecruisers

Rare and Unique Battlecruisers

Gnosis: A Jove battlecruiser given to all subscribed players on Eve's 10th anniversary. It has no skill requirements, and so can be flown by a brand new pilot. It has very broad bonuses, meaning it can be fitted with any weapon system and can fill a wide variety of roles.